FISHES OF THE PACIFIC COAST 



forms found in the upper Kern river in different 

 small streams where they are land-locked by water- 

 falls and prevented from mixing with the parent 

 stock, the Gilbert trout. 



The San Bernardino trout (Salmo evermanm), 

 a dwarf trout of certain high mountains of south- 

 ern California. 



The Tahoe trout (Salmo henshawi), a splendid 

 large trout of the Nevada Basin, introduced into 

 the Feather River, the Blue Lakes and other nearby 

 bodies of water. Of this species, a huge deep- 

 water variety is developed, spawning in the lake, 

 the great silver trout of Lake Tahoe (Salmo 

 henshawi tahoensis). There is another trout still 

 in the deep waters of Lake Tahoe, the royal silver 

 trout (Salmo regalis). 



The cut- throat trout (Salmo clarkii), the com- 

 mon trout of the Columbia region, is found in the 

 Klamath, and along the Oregon border. 



The Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma) is 

 found from the upper Sacramento north to Siberia. 

 In Alaska it far outnumbers all other trout, furnish- 

 ing good sport for the angler in every brook. It 

 is everywhere very destructive to the eggs of 

 salmon. 



The eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 

 has been introduced into many California streams, 

 as also the European brown trout (Salmo fario). 



Besides the trout and salmon, California has 

 many other game fishes. First of these is the great 

 tunny or leaping tuna, which ranges from 150 



Sounds to half a ton, and finds its greatest abun- 

 ance about Avalon. This wonderful bay of Avalon 

 has many other roving fishes, taken with the trolling 

 spoon, such as the yellow-tail (Seriola dorsalis), 

 the albacore (Thunnus alalunga), the yellow-fin, or 

 Japanese albacore (Thunnus macropterus), and the 

 huge bass called Jew-fish (Stereolepis gigas), with 

 a head as large as a bushel basket apparently 

 nearly all head. The sword-fish (Xiphias gladius) 

 and the Japanese spear-fish (Tetrapturus mitsukurii) 

 are also sometimes taken off the Santa Barbara 

 Islands. 



These noble fishes deserve protection from the 

 amateur angler who catches a dozen or a hundred, 

 has them hung up and photographed, himself be- 

 side them, then hires the guide to bury them while 

 he goes away to have fun in his own fashion some- 

 where else. 



The barracuda (Sphuraena argentea) and the 

 great flying-fish (Exocoetus calif ornicus) are among 

 the game fishes about the Santa Barbara Islands. 



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